Meath Women’s refugee has said that the lack of housing and transport in the county is a “huge impediment” to survivors of domestic violence, as they prepare to host Go Purple Day 2025 to tackle the stigma surrounding domestic abuse.

This morning on The Agenda we spoke to CEO Frances Haworth about this.

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Ireland's consumer watchdog must be given more powers to investigate potential grocery price gouging, a TD has said.

Labour TD Ged Nash said his party wants the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to have powers to compel supermarkets to provide commercial pricing information to ensure customers are getting the best price.

Deputy Nash spoke to us on The Agenda this morning about this.

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A Sinn Fein bill that sought to stop the Irish Central Bank facilitating the sale of Israeli “war bonds” across the EU has been defeated in the Dáil.

Following the vote, Sinn Fein TD for Louth, Ruairi Ó Murchú, took to social media last night to say:

“Tonight is a shameful night in Irish history. FF & FG vote against the Sinn Féin Bill to stop Ireland being used to funnel money into Israel’s genocide in Palestine by selling war bonds through the Irish Central Bank. They do not speak for the Irish people”. We won’t give up”

Deputy Ó Murchú spoke to us on The Agenda this morning about this.

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The Irish Air Corps is to end 24-hour operations and reduce their service to a five day week in June as a crisis in air traffic control has reached a critical point.

This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Sinn Fein TD for Meath-East, Darren O'Rourke, about this.

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An ad promoting RTÉ's news output, which will feature paid extras, has cost €77,000 to date, with a total budget of €100,000, TDs and senators have been told.

Filming has taken place in recent weeks for a promotional film which outlines a day in the life of three high-profile reporters, but has prompted some backlash from staff for its use of extras in the newsroom and what have been described as "props".

Louth-based Senator Alison Comyn, who is also a member of the Oireachtas Media Committee, spoke to us this morning on The Agenda about this.

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Fears have been raised about a food delivery app offering customers the option to “buy now, pay later” when ordering takeaways.

Deliveroo has partnered with Klarna, allowing customers to pay for the food in instalments. It applies to orders over €35.

Personal Finance Editor at the Irish Independent, Charlie Weston, spoke to us on the show this morning about this.

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The Mayor of Drogheda had to make a formal complaint to the Gardai after he was stalked by a man abusing him every time he went for a walk with his dog.

Cllr Paddy McQuillian said the threats and harassment began at the end of last January, lasted for over a month and were very "scary".

The culprit was a man in his forties who blamed him for immigrants coming to live in Drogheda.

We spoke to Paddy on The Agenda this morning about this.

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A bill to ban fox hunting was introduced into the Dáil yesterday by Ruth Coppinger. 

The People Before Profit-Solidarity TD is seeking to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, which currently contains an exemption that allows fox hunting. 

In its current form, the bill would ban fox hunting, as well as trail hunting - in which hounds follow a scent that has been laid for them.

Minister for Farm Safety Michael Healy-Rae says that he hopes to see ‘common sense prevail’ and that TDs would reject the Coppinger bill, and he is on the line with us now to talk to us some more about this, and we spoke to him on The Agenda this morning.

We also spoke to Aideen Yourell from the Irish Council Against Blood Sport, who disagreed completely with Minister Healy-Ray.

The conversation quickly became heated and listeners were left very divided.

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This morning on The Agenda we spoke to Michael McLoughlin, the owner of Five Taxis in Dundalk, and Michael gave us an update on how his driver is doing after being held a gunpoint on Monday night during a carjacking incident.

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This morning on The Agenda we heard about what happened in The Dail yesterday as Minister for Justice, Jim O'Callaghan, delivered the State apology to the family of Shane O'Farrell for Shane's death.

We we spoke to Shane's sister, Hannah, to get her reaction to the apology and what they would like to see happening going forward so that no other family go through what they went through.

We also heard from Sinn Fein TD in Cavan-Monaghan, Matt Carty, to get his reaction to the apology and what was said in The Dail.

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